[Centos] External yum and apt Repositories and CentOS4

[mbest at pendragon.org (Michael Best)]

seth vidal wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-02-19 at 07:40 +0000, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> 
>>Were looking to use yum 2.1's ability to store repository data
>>in /etc/yum.repos.d/ as a means of pushing updates to our mirrors list.
>>
>>As an added feature, we want to host third party repository config in
>>installable .rpm's into CentOS-Extras. So that enabling a new repository
>>becomes as easy as "yum install <repo name>". Eg. 'yum install repo-
>>dag'. Which would in turn drop the required repository information
>>into /etc/yum.repos.d/, set the enabled flag, import the required gpg-
>>key.
> 
> 
> contributory infringement.

?  Infringement of what?  Just curious, not sure what the concern is 
exactly.

> We need to be concerned with linking to sites that host material that
> violates the DMCA. Providing repository files that point there is a
> concern, to say the least.
> 
> Why don't we rethink this - esp for those of us who live in the US and
> could be prosecuted by this rule.
> 
> -sv

But a valid concern for the USians ;)

-Mike